Grenade Found In Kyaukme Monastery
While cleaning a monastery in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township on Friday, monks uncovered a grenade in the facilities. The discovery occurred at around 10:30...
BURMA ARMY’S MINDSET: No to Unilateral Ceasefire
The Karen National Union (KNU) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the former a nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatory ethnic armed organization and the latter non-signatory,...
Burma Army Arrests Eastern Shan State Villagers Following Clashes With RCSS
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By YING YING / SHAN A village headman and his son were arrested by the Burma Army after government forces clashed with the Restoration...
Burma Army, RCSS Clash After Meeting to Prevent Fighting
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Troops from the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) fought in eastern Shan State’s Mongton Township on Wednesday morning, just...
GOVERNMENT’S IDP REPATRIATION PLAN: Angst of coercive return without restitution
Very recently, on March 14, a video podcast was uploaded on Facebook by a NGO group “Land in Our Hands” with the title of...
Fatalities Reported in Clashes Between TNLA, Pansay Militia
Two people are dead following fighting in up to five locations in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)...
Gov’t Offers Villagers Pittance After Tatmadaw Loots Homes
The Shan State government agreed to pay villagers who fled fighting in Mong Kung township but they say it’s not enough to cover the...
Village Looted After Residents Fled Fighting
Soldiers looted almost all the homes in a village in southern Shan State after fighting between the Burma Army, locally called Tatmadaw, and the...
Burma Army Enforces Strict Checkpoints on Northern Shan State Highway
Burma Army troops have been checking all vehicles traveling on the Lashio-Hsipaw highway in northern Shan State since Friday, local sources told SHAN. Previous checkpoints...
Some internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State, have returned to their homes after being forced to flee by fighting...
